Dr. BOKKASAM SASIDHAR

Curriculum Vitae
1 Name : Dr.BOKKASAM SASIDHAR
2 Date of Birth : 05-06-1955
3 Address (Present) : PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, P.O.BOX 2459, RIYADH 11451, SAUDI ARABIA. e-mail : bbokkasam@ksu.edu.sa OR bokkasamsasidhar@gmail.com
4 Address (Permanent) : 17/30, BULL TEMPLE ROAD, BASAVANAGUDI, BANGALORE - 560004 INDIA
5 Telephone Number : 00966566390915 (Mobile)
6 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS  Ph.D. (Statistics), Mangalore University – 1992.  M.Stat. (Specialization: Statistical Quality Control & Operations Research), Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta – 1977 (First Division. I Rank : Awarded for my performance during final year of the M.Stat. Course)  Post Graduate Diploma in SQC & OR, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta – 1977.  B.Sc.(Hons.) Mathematics, Bangalore University – 1974 (First Class. Fifth Rank)
7 OTHER QUALIFICATIONS  Successfully completed training course for Assessors of Quality Systems (ISO-9000) - course conducted by Quality Management International during Jan.'96.  Successfully completed the Transitional Auditor Course (Quality Management System) (ISO 9000:2000) - course conduted by Quality Management International during Nov. 2001.  Successfully completed the EARA Approved Foundation Course in Environmental Auditing (India) (ISO-14000) organised by Confederation of Indian Industry during April, 2000.  Trainer for Internal Auditors of Quality Systems.  Hindi Praveen Exam conducted by Department of Official Languages, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India, New Delhi.
8 WORK EXPERIENCE – Title, Organization and Nature of Duties
TEACHING : 17 Years INDUSTRY : 20 Years 
1. Present Assignment: Professor at the Department of Quantitative Analysis, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since June 2010. King Saud University is 164th ranked university globally and No.1 in the Gulf Countries. 
2. January 2008 to May 2010: Professor, T.A.Pai Management Institute, Manipal, India(www.tapmi.edu.in). TAPMI is among the top five institutes in the country in terms of its academic rigour and student-faculty interaction. It offers regular 2 year PGDM Program, 11-month e-Governance Program for Executives at Manipal and Executive PGDM Program for Working Executives at Bangalore. TAPMI is pursuing with AACSB, USA for Certification. - Courses taught at MBA level – Business Statistics (including SPSS), Production and Operations Management and Statistical Tools for eGov Projects for e-Governance Program. - Executive Training Programs - a) Basics of Business Management for BHEL, Ranipet. b) Production Planning Techniques for local SMEs / Entrepreneurs. c) Productivity Improvement Techniques for local SMEs / Entrepreneurs. d) SPSS Applications. - Chairman-Post Graduate Program, taking care of all the work related to operationalization of the PGP Program and ensuring academic discipline efficiently. - Chairman-Alumni Affairs Committee, taking care of the interaction with the Alumni of TAPMI. It also included overseeing the activities of various Alumni Chapters throughout the country and organizing Alumni meets. - Member of various faculty committees for Governance like (i) Admissions Committee (ii) Placements Committee (iii)MIP (Management in Practice) (iv)Library Committee (v) Research Committee (vi)Doctoral Program Commettee (vii)Hostel Committee (viii)Student Affairs Committee. I also pursue the Faculty Advisory System System at the Institute. - Internal Guide to students for their “Summer Internship Projects” and Management-In-Practice courses. 
3. March 1981 to December 2007. Senior Manager – Total Quality Management. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) – Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant, Bhadravati, India. - Responsible for implementation and monitoring of ISO 9001 Quality Management System. - Involved in certification to ISO/TS 16949:2002. - Trainer for internal auditors - Carried out a number of internal and inter-plant quality system audits of SAIL. 
4. September 2002 to June 2005. Faculty at Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), Malaysia. UNITAR is an e-learning university where both on-line and face-to-face teaching modes are used. - Course Leader for Business Research Methods, Quantitative Methods, Operations Management and Management of Quality courses of MBA Program. - Supervised FOUR students successfully for Ph.D. Degree. - Member of Board of Examiners for Ph.D. Students. - Supervised 12 MBA Project works. - Facilitating Workshops 1. Facilitator for “Research Workshop & Doctoral Colloquium” (Aug.5-7, 2003) 2. Three-day “SPSS Workshop” (Oct. 17-19, 2003) 3. Two-day Workshop on “Statistics for Decision Making” (Mar.6-7, 2004) 4. Facilitator for “Project Paper Workshop” (Apr. 17, 2004) 5. Facilitator for “Research Workshop & Doctoral Colloquium” (May 24-25, 2004) 
5. July 1988 to July 1991.Senior Lecturer at ZIMCO Institute of Management, Lusaka, Zambia. - Courses taught include: (a) Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) (b) Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) (c) Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) (d) Institute of Data Processing Management (IDPM) (e) Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) (f) Institute of Purchasing and Supply (IPS) (g) Chartered Institute of Transport (CIT) - Directed Work-Shops for Top/Middle Management: (a) O.R. for Decision Making (b) Production Management (c) Decision Making Techniques (d) Advanced Statistics, etc. 
6. November 1977 to February 1981. Lecturer & Head of the Department of OR & SQC, Sri Venkateswara University Post-Graduate Centre, Kurnool, India. - Organized and co-ordinated the activities of the newly formed Post-Graduate Department.
9 PUBLICATION OF BOOKS AND RESEARCH PAPERS
9.1 BOOKS - AUTHORED/CO-AUTHORED FOUR BOOKS (i) A Text Book of Statistics Part - I (ii) A Text Book of Statistics Part - II Publisher : S. Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi. (iii) Statistics-Study Text Volume - I (iv) Statistics-Study Text Volume - II Publisher : Cambridge Publishing Co., Bangalore.
9.2 RESEARCH/CONFERENCE PAPERS
1. Bokkasam Sasidhar and KK Achary (1991), Applications of OR Techniques in Cost Allocation of Major Operational Materials in Alloy and Special Steel Manufacturing Unit, International Journal of Production Economics, 22 (3) 189-193. (URL: http://econpapers.repec.org/article/eeeproeco/v_3a22_3ay_3a1991_3ai_3a3_... )
2. Bokkasam Sasidhar and KK Achary (1991), A Multiple Arc Network Model of Production Planning in a Steel Mill, International Journal of Production Economics, 22 (3) 195-202. (URL: http://econpapers.repec.org/article/eeeproeco/v_3a22_3ay_3a1991_3ai_3a3_... )
3. B.Sasidhar (1997), Delivered Key Note Address on SQC & ISO-9000, at the National Seminar on Statistical Quality Management, Nagarjuna University, India.
4. B.Sasidhar (1998), Reduction of Bed Breakouts while producing BP Ingots at Steel Making Shop, Conference on Statisticasl Methods for Quality & Productivity Improvement – Current Trends. Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi.
5. B.Sasidhar (2003)Chaired a session at the National Seminar on Electronic Commerce held at Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, Malaysia on 7th October 2003.
6. Manjit Singh Sandhu, Bokkasam Sasidhar (2004), Factors Influencing Employee Loyalty : An Empirical Investigation at an Educational Institution, KUTPM Journal of Technology & Management, 2(2) 22-30. (URL: http://www.msu.edu.my/v6/journal/v2n2.php )
7. Vinesh Thirucelvam, Bokkasam Sasidhar (2004) Technology Transfer for Waste to Energy Plants, 22nd Conference of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations, Myanmar.
8. Bokkasam Sasidhar (2005), Using a Multiple-Arc Network Model for Planning in a Multi-Stage, Multi-Item Process, KUTPM Journal of Technology & Management, 3 (1).(URL: http://www.msu.edu.my/v6/journal/v3n1.php )
9. Arichentheran Sivagnanam, Bokkasam Sasidhar (2005), A Comparative Study of Returns from Unit Trusts and EPF, KUTPM Journal of Technology & Management, 3 (2). (URL: http://www.msu.edu.my/v6/journal/v3n2.php )
10. Ir.Vinesh Thiruchelvam, Bokkasam Sasidhar (2005), Theoretical Framework of Technology Transfer from Waste to Energy Plants, UNITAR Journal, Vol.1, Issue 1.
11. Abdul Rashid Abdul Sitra, Bokkasam Sasidhar (2005), Teachers’ Perception on the Effectiveness of Co-Curricular Activities : A Case Study of Malaysian Schools, UNITAR Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1.
12. Tarak M Brigh , Assoc. Prof. Dr. Syed Musa Alhabshi and Dr. Bokkasam Sasidhar (2005) Location Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Libya, International Conference in Economics and Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. (URL: http://www.kianpinglim.com/ums/icef2005.pdf )
13. Bokkasam Sasidhar, B.B.durga Kumar (2005) The effect of Mobile Devices and Wireless Technology on e-learning. Sunway Academic Journal, 2, 45-53. ( URL http://www.scribd.com/doc/25177947/The-Effects-of-Mobile-Devices-and-Wir... )
14. Bokkasam Sasidhar, B.B.Durga Kumar (2005) An Overview of Wireless Technology in E-learning, accepted for presentation at the 9th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2005) to be held in Orlando. USA.
15. Badri, T.N., B.Sasidhar (2008) Automation of a Multiple Arc Network Model for Production Planning. Paper presented at the Sixth AIMS Conference on Management at Delhi, India held between 28-31 December 2008.
16. Sasidhar B, Badri T.N (2009) O.R. in Cost Allocation Of Operational Materials at a Steel Plant. Paper presented at the APORS 2009 (Association of Asia Pacific Operational Research Societies) Conference on Operations Research for Emerging Economies, held at Jaipur, India during December 06-09, 2009. (URL: http://www.apors2009.com/Schd_%20Contributed_Papers.shtm )
17. Sasidhar B, Jaba M. Gupta (2009) Managing Organizational Conflicts: A Communicative Approach. Paper presented at the Seventh AIMS International Conference on Management, held at IIM, Bangalore, India during December 20-23, 2009. (URL: http://www.aims-international.org/aims7/Contributed%20Papers.pdf
18. Jaba M. Gupta, Sasidhar B (2010) Managing Conflicts in Organizations : A Communicative Approach. AIMS International Journal of Management, Vol.4, No.3, Sept.2010, pp 177-190. http://www.aims-international.org/aijm/4.3.asp 19. Jaba M. Gupta, Sasidhar B (2011) Effect of Economic Recovery on Managing Organizational Conflicts : A Communicative Approach. Paper presented at the Eighth AIMS International Conference on Management, to be held at IIM, Ahmedabad, India during January 1-4, 2011.
20. Jaba M. Gupta, Sasidhar B (2011). Effect of Economic Downturn on Conflict Management in Indian Organizations. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences (ERPBSS 2011) held at Dubai, UAE during 22-24 Nov. 2011.
21. Sasidhar, B., Gupta, J. M. , Alghanim, S., & Al-Hamali, R. M. (2012). Organizational Conflicts in India and Saudi Arabia. Paper presented at the International Conference on Innovation and Information Management (ICIIM 2012), Chengdu, China during 7-8 Jan. 2012.
22. Sasidhar, B., Gupta, J. M. , Alghanim, S., & Al-Hamali, R. M. (2012). Organizational Conflicts in India and Saudi Arabia. IPCSIT vol. 36. http://www.ipcsit.com/vol36/064-ICIIM2012M20008.pdf
23. Khalid M. Altassan, Mahmoud M. El-Sherbiny, Sasidhar Bokkasam (2012). Handling The Step Fixed Charge Transportation Problem. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Decision Modeling (ICDeM 2012), Kedah, Malaysia during 13-16 March 2012.
24. Ahmad Al Hammad, Mahmoud M El-Sherbiny, Sasidhar Bokkasam (2012). Particle swarm algorithm for cost allocation of major operational materials in an alloy steel plant. African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 6(11), pp. 3851-3855, 21 March, 2012. http://www.academicjournals.org/ajbm/PDF/pdf2012/21Mar/Hammad%20et%20al.pdf
25. Ibrahim A. Aljasser, Bokkasam Sasidhar and Jaba Mukherjee Gupta (2012). Managing Organizational Conflicts in Saudi Arabia: A Communicative Approach. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, Vol. 2(6), pp. 33-45. http://www.idjrb.com/issue.php?id=21
26. Ibrahim A. Aljasser, Mahmoud M. El-Sherbiny and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2012). On Multi-Step Fixed Charge Transportation Problem. Paper presented at The 47th Annual Conference on Statistics, Computer Sciences, and Operations Research (International Conference), Shaallah, Egypt during December, 24-27, 2012.
27. Bokkasam Sasidhar, Saad Alghanim and Rashid M. Al-Hamali (2013). Role conflict among health personnel in the Saudi Hospitals. Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Management (AIMS-10), Bangalore, India during January, 6-9, 2013.
28. Rashid M. Al-Hamali, Saad Alghanim and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2013). Role Conflict among Health Personnel - A Study of Saudi Hospitals. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, Vol. 2(8), pp. 42-51. http://www.idjrb.com/issue.php?id=23
29. Khalid M. Altassan, Mahmoud M. El-Sherbiny and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2013). Near Optimal Solution for the Step Fixed Charge Transportation Problem. Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, 7, No. 2L, pp. 661-669. http://naturalspublishing.com/ContSIss.asp?IssID=140
30. Ibrahim A. Aljasser and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2013). Customers’ Satisfaction and its implications for Women-only Banks in Saudi Arabia. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, Vol. 2(9), pp. 01-12. http://www.idjrb.com/issue.php?id=24 
31. Sasidhar B, Toppur B. (2013). Material Cost Allocation for Scaled-up Operations at a Steel Plant. Pensee Journal. 75(12):110-116.
32. Bokkasam Sasidhar and Ibrahim A. Aljasser (2013). Customers' Satisfaction of Banking Services in Saudi Arabia: Comparison of Male and Female Customers. Paper presented at the 2^nd International Conference on Managing Human Resources at the Workplace, Mysore, India during December 13-14, 2013.
33. Ibrahim A. Aljasser Mahmoud M. El-Sherbiny and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2013). On Multi-Step Fixed Charge Transportation Problem. Paper presented at the Institute of Statistical Studies & Research (ISSR) Annual Conference 2013, Cairo, Egypt during December 24-26, 2013.
34. Ibrahim A. Aljasser and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2013). Gender Effect on Customer Satisfaction in Banking Sector: A Study of Banks in Saudi Arabia.  Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, Vol. 3(5), pp. 09-15. http://www.idjrb.com/articlepdf/article3052.pdf
35. Ibrahim A. Aljasser and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2014). Customers’ Satisfaction and its implications for Women-only Banks in Saudi Arabia. Paper presented at the Intellectbase International Consortium Academic Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA during April 17-19, 2014.
36. Ibrahim A. Aljasser,Bokkasam Sasidhar and Badri Toppur (2014). Cost Allocation of Operational Materials for an Alloy and Special Steel Plant using Excel Solver. International Review of Management and Business Research, Vol.3, Issue 2, pp. 1145-1150. http://www.irmbrjournal.com/papers/1402560808.pdf
37. Durga Prasad Samontaray, Sultan Nugali and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2014). A Study of the Effect of Macroeconomic Variables on Stock Market: Saudi Perspective. International Journal of Financial Research, Vol.5, No.4, pp. 120-127. 
 http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/ijfr/article/view/5624 
38. Ibrahim A. Aljasser and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2014). Male Customers’ Satisfaction: An Application To Banks In Saudi Arabia. Paper presented at the WEI International Academic Conference,New Orleans, USA during October 19-22, 2014.
39. Ibrahim A. Aljasser and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2015). Satisfaction Perceptions Differences of Customers of Banks in Saudi Arabia. British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 7(4): 279-287.
http://www.sciencedomain.org/issue.php?iid=981&id=20
40. Mohammed Alahmari, Ibrahim A. Aljasser and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2015). Patient Satisfaction and Perception of Quality of Care in Outpatient Clinic in an Eye Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia. British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 10(4): 1-8.
41. Ala’a Mohammad, Ibrahim A. Aljasser and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2016). Barriers to Reporting Medication Administration Errors among Nurses in an Accredited Hospital in Saudi Arabia. British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 11(4): 1-13.
42. Ibrahim A. Aljasser and Bokkasam Sasidhar (2016). Bank Customers’ Perception of Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 4(11): 130-141.
43. Bokkasam Sasidhar  (2016). Multiple Arc Network Model for Scheduling in a Single-stage, Multi-item Compatible Process. International Review of Management and Business Research, 5(3), 1223-1231.
10. Research Projects
1. (2009)Project proposal on “Manmade Disasters: A study of Road Accidents in Coastal Districts of Karnataka” has been submitted to AICTE for approval, along with Dr. Manjunath as Co-investigator.
2. (2009)An impact study of IT@SCHOOL, under General Education Department, Government of Kerala has been taken up together with Dr. Saji Gopinath, Prof. Mohan Kumar and Prof. Jaba Gupta.
11. Conference Coordination
1. (2009)Conference coordinator for the Conference on ‘e-Governance for Sustainable Growth’ held on 19th September 2009 at The Capitol, Bangalore; and a member of the ‘TAPMI Center for e-Governance Research and Education (CeGRE)’.